Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust (PEI) Hits New 52-week High During …Equities.comPennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust is also a component of the Russell 2000 Index, which is an invaluable tool for any small-cap investor. Consisting of the smaller 2,000 publicly traded companies of the 3,000 largest companies in America by …

One Cavo bought by Pennsylvania real estate firmDenver Business Journal (blog)
In a statement, O’Hara, Pennsylvania based Howard Hanna Real Estate Services said it bought One Cavo “because we like the proprietary lead management system and plan to incorporate it in all of the Howard Hanna companies, along with offering it to …and more »

PA Landlord Tenant Act: More PA Legislation On Abandoned PropertyMondaq News Alerts (registration)Pennsylvania Act No. 129 of 2012 (effective September 4, 2012), amended the Landlord and Tenant Act of 1951 to provide for the disposition of personal property deemed abandoned by a tenant. The Pennsylvanialegislature has returned to this subject with …and more »

Victory In The Legislature For Pennsylvania Community AssociationsMondaq News Alerts (registration)
On October 7, 2014, the Pennsylvania State Senate Urban Affairs Committee voted to amend Senate Bill 1302 and remove all provisions opposed by the Community Association Institute’s Legislative Action Committee, as well as add provisions to allow …

Pennsylvania Department of Revenue Clarifies Changes to New Realty Transfer …The National Law ReviewPennsylvania imposes realty transfer tax not only on transfers of fee title to real estate but also upon transfers of 90 percent or more of the interests in a “real estate company” within a three-year period. For purposes of determining whether an …and more »

Pa. woman charged with plotting to kill her daughter’s ex-boyfriend, 2 othersNJ.com
TRENTON — A Pennsylvania woman has been arrested and charged with attempted murder after arranging with an undercover New Jersey State Police detective to kill her daughter’s ex-boyfriend and two people close to him, state authorities said today.

Activism In Mall REITs Is Alive And Well (PEI)Seeking Alpha (registration)
The activist now has its sights set on Pennsylvania REIT (NYSE:PEI), the shopping center REIT. Per the firm’s recent letter, Litt thanked PEI for its initial collaboration in exploring ways to unlocking shareholder value and get the … The battle for …

Pension, tax reform needed to sustain Pennsylvania’s citiesLancasterOnline
Property taxes are simply insufficient and often unfair sources of revenue, especially for cities, where nontaxable nonprofits and churches occupy so much of the real estate. Pennsylvania’s municipalities generally, and cities in particular, need more …

How do you define the Midwest?DesMoinesRegister.com
After growing up in Van Meter, Draper went to college at the University of Pennsylvania. There, he said, people didn’t know much about the Midwest. Rather, they thought of it as an amorphous … Mimicked in only a few places such as Japan and …

‘Unbound’ GOP delegates could be big players in picking nomineeUSA TODAY
The tiny U.S. territory is one of a handful of places where Republicans can select “unbound” delegates who have the ability to cast a vote on the first ballot at the national convention for any candidate they choose. … This is not just hypothetical …and more »

Speed cameras touted as lifesavers in Pa.Philly.com (blog)
The panel of legislators, cops and researchers talked about what speed cameras can offer, and what they might mean for Pennsylvania, where authorizing legislation would be needed before they can be installed. The cameras are similar to … They are …

#AM_Equality Tip Sheet: March 31, 2016Human Rights Campaign (blog)
The News & Observer reports that McCrory tried to suggest that his bill did not take away any rights that were on the books — a blatant falsehood given that the LGBT community in Charlotte absolutely lost protections, as did veterans in some places…and more »

Culinary academy preps new crop of professional cooksLancasterOnline
Such is the work environment that can be expected for graduates of Indiana University of Pennsylvania’sculinary academy. …. IUP’s culinary school has managed to place its students in some high-level eateries throughout the country. There’s a … Ian …and more »

The old ballgame is good for residential real esta…Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Similar trends were seen for rents in those areas. In Pittsburgh, Trulia calculated the median home value near PNC Park at $175,461 compared with $131,293 in the metro area as a whole. … “Ballparks aren’t placed in places by mistake. Location is a …and more »

‘Is this really happening?’ Panel at Bryn Mawr College discusses 2016 presidential electionMain Line
Bryn Mawr >> Millennials are supporting both Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump. The Occupy Wall Street movement pushed Sanders to run for president after Sen. Elizabeth Warren demurred. And the historically late Pennsylvania primary might actually …and more »

PennDOT pushing new style interchange on I-83 in York CountyCarlisle Sentinel
Keiser says the “diverging diamond” style interchange is growing in popularity in other states, but only recently gained traction in Pennsylvania. While the pattern has been proposed for other projects, the only such pattern in Pennsylvania remains …and more »

List of best places for families to live in Pa. includes 7 spots in Lancaster County – LancasterOnline
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List of best places for families to live in Pa. includes 7 spots in Lancaster CountyLancasterOnline
Analysts based their rankings on research and data from the U.S. Census Bureau, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the PennsylvaniaDepartment of Education, the U.S. …

Beer talk: Enjoying a Pittsburgh beer getawayRochester Democrat and Chronicle
Katase even went out of his way to talk to us for at least 30 minutes. He told us the story of Brew Gentlemen, offered samples of beers that hadn’t been tapped yet, and gave us suggestions for what other places we should check out during our weekend trip

Pa.’s long, sad decline as an athletic powerPhilly.com
And, in baseball, Stan Musial wasn’t far behind. Pennsylvania’s sports stars were as tough, gritty, and abundant as the state’s other great resources – steel and coal – the production of which was likely to have employed these athletes’ fathers. Maybe …

Scene: Baseball legend Pete Rose a hit at LifePath eventAllentown Morning Call
There were 700 guests at the 2015 LifePath/Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA) Nov. 25 and it grossed over $210,000 through donations, sponsorships and ticket sales. Prior to the luncheon, Rose toured LifePath’s day program …

Cheryl Kunkle, Ben Amato: Poconos Pennsylvania Baseball Bat Murder Featured On …The Inquisitr
Cheryl Kunkle, the woman who beat her boyfriend, Ben Amato, to death with a baseball bat, will be profiled on an episode of Snapped on the Oxygen Channel. Ben Amato was a 52-year-old Pennsylvania man who was found dead in his home in 2001.

2 baseball players sue Al-Jazeera over documentary on drugsLancasterOnline
Two Major League Baseball players have filed defamation lawsuits against Al-Jazeera America over statements made in a documentary about performance-enhancing drugs in sports. Ryan Zimmerman of the Washington Nationals and Ryan Howard of the …
Two baseball players sue Al-Jazeera over documentary on drugsQ13 FOX

Pennsylvania natives Ken Griffey Jr., Mike Piazza elected to Baseball Hall of FameWFMZ AllentownPennsylvania natives Ken Griffey Jr. and Mike Piazza were announced Wednesday as the National Baseball Hall of Fame’s class of 2016. The two were voted in by the Baseball Writers Association of America from a field of 32 candidates, including 15 …
Ken Griffey Jr.’s hall of fame election adds to Donora’s roster of championsPittsburgh Post-Gazette
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High SchoolBucks County Courier Times (subscription)
From his viewpoint, Galen Snyder didn’t do anything differently than a whole slew of great football programs in Southeastern Pennsylvania had done before him. “It’s not a formula that just I came up with,” said Snyder, who on Friday resigned as …